The Jones Center became an Institutional Partner of the Center for Plant Conservation (CPC) in 2024 and collaborated with CPC and the Florida Natural Areas Inventory to make our first-ever seed collections in Florida as part of the Florida Plant Rescue (FLPR) program. FLPR’s goal is “to secure and safeguard Florida’s rare plant species in conservation collections to prevent their extinction and conserve the state’s botanical diversity” and we are excited to be assisting in those efforts!

Seed collection of Matelea floridana.
Photo credit: Madison Ohmen